Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Exo 9:29) | 1 tn כְּצֵאתִי (ketseʾti) is the Qal infinitive construct of יָצָא (yatsaʾ); it functions here as the temporal clause before the statement about prayer. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 9:17) | 2 tn The infinitive construct with lamed here is epexegetical; it explains how Pharaoh has exalted himself—“by not releasing the people.” |
| (0.50) | (Exo 9:18) | 1 tn הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר (hineni mamtir) is the futur instans construction, giving an imminent future translation: “Here—I am about to cause it to rain.” |
| (0.50) | (Exo 8:29) | 3 tn The Piel infinitive construct after lamed (ל) and the negative functions epexegetically, explaining how Pharaoh would deal falsely—“by not releasing.” |
| (0.50) | (Exo 6:3) | 1 tn The preposition bet (ב) in this construction should be classified as a bet essentiae, a bet of essence (see also GKC 379 §119.i). |
| (0.50) | (Exo 5:10) | 2 tn The construction uses the negative particle combined with a subject suffix before the participle: אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן (ʾenenni noten, “there is not I—giving”). |
| (0.50) | (Exo 5:7) | 2 tn The expression “for making bricks” is made of the infinitive construct followed by its cognate accusative: לִלְבֹּן הַלְּבֵנִים (lilbon hallevenim). |
| (0.50) | (Exo 5:2) | 3 sn The construction of these clauses is similar to (ironically) the words of Moses: “Who am I that I should go?” (3:11). |
| (0.50) | (Exo 4:14) | 4 tn The construction uses the Piel infinitive absolute and the Piel imperfect to express the idea that he spoke very well: דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר (dabber yedabber). |
| (0.50) | (Exo 1:18) | 1 tn The verb קָרָא (qaraʾ) followed by the lamed (ל) preposition has here the nuance of “summon.” The same construction is used later when Pharaoh summons Moses. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 41:32) | 3 tn The clause combines a participle and an infinitive construct: God “is hurrying…to do it,” meaning he is going to do it soon. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 39:10) | 1 tn The verse begins with the temporal indicator, followed by the infinitive construct with the preposition כ (kaf). This clause could therefore be taken as temporal. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 38:9) | 3 tn The construction, with a vav plus perfect consecutive (veqatal) of הָיָה (hayah) shows that this was a repeated practice and not merely one action. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 24:5) | 2 tn In the Hebrew text the construction is emphatic; the infinitive absolute precedes the imperfect. However, it is difficult to reflect this emphasis in an English translation. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 18:29) | 2 tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys—the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive “to speak.” |
| (0.50) | (Gen 18:19) | 3 tn The infinitive construct here indicates manner, explaining how Abraham’s children and his household will keep the way of the Lord. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 15:13) | 1 tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, with the Qal infinitive absolute followed by the imperfect from יָדַע (yadaʿ, “know”). The imperfect here has an obligatory or imperatival force. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 15:3) | 2 tn The construction uses הֵן (hen) to introduce the foundational clause (“since…”), and וְהִנֵּה (vehinneh) to introduce the main clause (“then look…”). |
| (0.50) | (Gen 11:8) | 1 tn The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 2:10) | 1 tn The disjunctive clause (note the construction conjunction + subject + predicate) introduces an entire paragraph about the richness of the region in the east. |
